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I Work With The Options I Have In Front Of Me And My Reasons For Choosing A Job Can Vary Enormously Depending On The Circumstances. Sometimes I Take A Job Because It's A Group Of People I'm Dying To Work With, And Sometimes It Can Be A Desire To Shake Things Up A Bit And Not To Take Myself Too Seriously.

If You're Playing Someone Who's Impeded By Fear, Or Shyness, Or Has Whatever Dysfunction Your Character Might Have, You Have To Achieve The Dysfunction First, Imaginatively, In Order To Play Someone Who Is Trying To Negotiate Their Way Out Of It.

No Matter How Much Technique You Draw On Or How Much Training You Have, Acting Is A Mystery.

Actors Are Basically Drag Queens. People Will Tell You They Act Because They Want To Heal Mankind Or, You Know, Explore The Nature Of The Human Psyche. Yes, Maybe. But Basically We Just Want To Put On A Frock And Dance.

To Work Effectively In A Film, You Have To Repeat And Work Consistently. Basically, You Shoot A Big Master Then You Do Close-ups. You're Supposed To Be In The Same Moment, The Same 30-second Moment, For A Day.